Display stand



Feb; 2 1926.

E. B. WESTON DISPLAY swarm Filed Nov. 4, 1924 INVENTOR dim/"d5. hsfan M3ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 2, 1926.

EDWARD 1B. WESTON, OF DAYTON, OI-IIO,

ASSIGNOR TO THE WESTON PAPER AND MFG.

60., OFDAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

DISPLAY STAND.

Application filed November 4, 1924. Serial No. 747,748.

7 '0 aZZ whom may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD B. a citizen of the United States, andresident of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Stands, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention is animprovement in display stands, and more specificallyin stands of the knock down or foldable type.

Stands of the character in question are usually supplied to the retailerwith select ed quantities of aparticular merchandise, and are intendedfor the display of the said merchandise. They are usually shipped withthe merchandise, and for convenience in shipping they are preferably ofthe knock down or foldable type, and so proportioned that each will holda definite quanlVns'roN,

.tity of the merchandise, which is usually in.

package form.

Since the stand is used partly at least for the benefit of themanufacturer, in order that the goods may be displayed to the bestadvantage, it is obviously desirable that the stands should befurnished, if not free of charge, at least at a price not exceeding thecost thereof;

One of the objects of the present invention is the provision of a standof the character specified, which may be manufactured at a low cost,folded into a compact formation for shipment, to be easily set up whenready for use, which will display the goods in an attractive manner, andwhich is capable of some adjustment to hold variable quantities of thegoods.

lVith this and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts fully described hereinafter,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and poi nted out in the claimsappended hereto, it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope ofthe claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit ,of theirr nt l being In the drawings: F 1g. 1 IS a perspective view of theimproved stand and with the extensible back contracted.

Fig. 2 is a similar view with the back extended and the goods removed.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section.

4; is a front view of the stand folded.

In the present entibodiment of the invention, the stand is composed of amain or back frame comprising a substantially int-"e'rted Ushape bodyportion 1, having cross bars '2 and 3, and vertical braces 4; The bodyand cross bars are of angle material as shown, and the braces of strapmaterial, and the braces t are arranged between the cross bars 2 and 3.Y

The body portion of the frame is as before stated substantially invertedU-shape, and

the frame is arranged with the body por tion thereof'at the top, thecross bars 2 and 3 between the legs, and secured there-- to, The crossbar 2 is intermediate the ends of the body portion of the frame, whilethe cross bar 3 is near the free ends of the legs, and a shelf 5 whichin the present instance is of sheet material is pivoted between thelogs, below the cross bar 3, the pivotal connection indicated at 6.

A pair of legs 7 is connected to the back frame, and to the shelf, bythe pivotal connections 6, and a second pair 8 is pivoted to the backframe at the lower ends of the legs The shelf is flanged and side edges,as pivotal flanges.

The legs 7 are pivoted at their ends, while the legs 8 are pivotedintermediate their ends, and mechanism is provided for releas ablyconnecting the forward ends of the legs 8 with the side flanges of theshelf. The said mecl'ianism includes headed pins 10 on the inner facesof the legs, and keyhole slots 11 in the side flanges. The large ends ofthe slots are toward the back frame, so that by lifting the free edge ofthe shelf ,5 the pins indicated at 9, and the connections 6 engage theside may he disengaged from the slots, n

i fe ,of tbepairs f7 and downwardly at its front are crossed when thestand is unfolded, and each leg 8 is provided with a headed pin 12 onits inner face, near its pivotal connection 13 with the back frame, andthese pins 12 are adapted to engage the forward edges of the legs 7 tolimit the swinging movement of the legs with respect to each other, tothe position shown in Figure 3.

In order to fold the improved stand the shelf is moved upwardly at itsfree edge, until the headed pinslO arein the large ends of the slots 11.A slight outward movement of the legs will now disengage the pins, afterwhich the shelf may be swung into the plane of the back frame, as shownin Figure 4. hen thelegs 8 are swung outwardly away from the shelf, theheaded pins 12 are disengaged from the legs 7, and the legs 7 and 8 ateach side may move into parallelism, with eachother, and into the planeof the back frame and shelf, the position being indicated at Figure l.To unfold the stand, the shelf is swung toward the position of Figure 3,and the legs 8 are swung to engage the pins 10 with the slots 11. Thefree ends of the legs 7 may now be swung upward into engagement with theheaded pins 12, and the stand is ready for use. The goods, usually inthe form of packages 14: of equal size are stacked upon the shelf, theproportions of the parts of the stand and their relation one to theother, being such that when set up or unfolded, the back frame and shelfextend at a right angle, but the shelf inclines downwardly toward theback frame. The arrangement is such that the display fronts of thepackages are inclined upwardly and forwardly to be easily appreciatedwithout stooping or straining of the eyes.

Preferably the area of the shelf is a multiple of the area of a package,so that a se lected number of packages will completely cover the shelf.

The back frame is made extensible, to provide for varying quantities ofgoods. The extension is substantially yoke shaped comprising a body 15.and substantially parallel arms 16. These arms slidably engage pairs ofalined openings 17 in the body portion 15 of the back frame and in thecross bars 2 and 3, length that when the back is retracted, the legswill engage all of the openings of the body and cross bars while thebody 15v of the extension will rest upon the top of the back frame.

.That portion of the cross bar 2 which is parallel with the plane of theback frame has struckeup loops 18, behind with the opening 17 and theseloops form with the portion of the cross bar perpendicular to the planeof the back frame, sockets for: receiving the free ends of the arms 16,to prevent downward movement of the arms, and

and the legs are of such 7 to space the body 15 of the extension abovethe top of the back frame.

A plurality of advertising cards 19 is supported by the body of theextension, the advertising matter on the cards relating to the goods thestand is designed to support. Each of these cards has eyeletted openings20 near its ends, and at its upper edge, and these openings are engagedby rings 21 encircling the body of the extension thus to swingablysupport the cards.

The rings 21 are near the ends of the body of the extension, and inorder to prevent the rings from dropping over the ends of the body, theextension has outwardly offset portions 22 at the junction of the bodyand arms. The extension is formed of wire or rod as shown, and theportions 22 are formed by bending the rod back upon the body for a shortdistance before bending it away from the body. The opening 17 of thecross bar 2 are in advance of the loops 18, so that the arms 16 may befree from the loops when engaged withthe opening 17.

hen the stand is filled with goods the back extension may be moved intothe position of Figure 2, and as the merchandise is sold, and the piledecreasesin height the extension may be moved into the position ofFigure 1. In either case the cards may be swung from the front to theback of the frame, or from the back to the front, so that either side ofany selected card may be displayed, it being understood that both facesof each card is provided with display matter.

I claim:

1. A display stand comprising a back or main frame, and supports forholding the back and shelf spaced above the floor with the shelfextended, including a pair of legs pivoted to the back frame at eachside thereof, the pivotal connection of the members of the pairs inspaced relation, and a pair of stops on one leg of each pair forengaging the other leg and the shelf respectively to hold the parts inextended position.

2. A display stand including a back and a shelf hinged together to foldinto the same plane or at right angles to each other, and means foldableinto the plane of the main frame for supporting the stand with the shelfextended above the floor, including pairs of legs, the members of eachpair pivoted to one side of the main frame in vertically spacedrelation, the lowermost leg of each pair pivoted intermediate its ends,and having stops to engage the other leg, and for engagement by theshelf respectively. I

S. A display stand comprising a main or back frame composed of a body,and arms extending substantially parallel from the body, cross barsconnecting the arms and spaced apart from the free ends thereof, a

shelf pivoted between the arms near the connection with the shelf nearits outer free ends thereof to swing between said edge, and a stop toengage above the other arms, in substantial parallelism therewith, leg.1 or at an angle thereto, a pair of legs hinged Signed at Dayton, Ohio,in the county of to each arm, one at the connection of the Montgomeryand State of Ohio this 21st shelf, and the other at the free end of theday of October A. D. 1924.

arm, said last named leg having a releasable EDWARD B. VESTON.

